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[–] derram 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

https://archive.ph/tHNfV :

2019-05-23 | U.S. Senate passes $19.1 billion in disaster relief, no border aid - Reuters

' The aid bill also extends the National Flood Insurance Program, lawmakers said. '

'It also includes about $1.4 billion in aid for the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, said Democratic Representative Nita Lowey. '

'Trump had vehemently opposed sending more aid to the Caribbean island that was devastated by a hurricane in 2017. '

'We got all we wanted for Puerto Rico.”The Puerto Rico money included $600 million in nutrition assistance and over $300 million in Community Development Block Grant funding. '

'Democrats, who have a majority in the House of Representatives, said a vote could soon follow in that chamber. '


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